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Addison Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 4HA

An apparently quiet corner not far from the City Centre - it will be less so at the start and end of the school day when High School pupils are arriving or departing.

A new facility being built for The Girls' High School on the corner of Addison Street and Arboretum Street (to the left of the yellow car). The brick wall in the bottom left-hand corner is a boundary wall of the Arboretum. Although members of the Arboretum Tenants' and Residents' Association expressed concern that this development would lead to increased traffic, noise pollution and be out of keeping with the Victorian architecture of Addison Street, the Council gave permission for this centre. It promises to provide better accommodation for pupils for performances, assemblies and teaching. It will include a 275 seat auditorium, improved back-of-house facilities and a reception foyer. In addition, a smaller 70 seat studio will provide for smaller performances. These facilities will be predominantly for school use, with an ancillary element of commercial and community uses that may include occasional performances or rehearsals by external theatre companies, amateur dramatic groups, local schools or by local community groups. It is costing £6.5m and is due to be completed in 2016.

A glimpse of some of the construction work occurring on the Girls' High School site, together with a stretch of one of the arboretum's boundary walls. The building work is occurring on the corner of Addison Street and Arboretum Street, the latter being behind the photographer. Beneath the section of road on which this car is seen turning a pedestrian tunnel exists linking two sections of the arboretum.

From its Addison Street end to its Waverley Street end in the distance this image shows clearly how most of the southern side of the road is occupied by buildings belonging to The Girls' High School. The construction site entrance for the new Performing Arts Centre is clearly obvious. Although members of the Arboretum Tenants' and Residents' Association expressed concern that this development would lead to increased traffic, noise pollution and be out of keeping with the Victorian architecture of Addison Street, the Council gave permission for it. The premises are expected to provide better accommodation for pupils for performances, assemblies and teaching. It will include a 275 seat auditorium, improved back-of-house facilities and a reception foyer. In addition, a smaller 70 seat studio will provide for smaller performances. The facilities will be predominantly for school use, although will include an ancillary element to provide for commercial and community use, i.e. occasional performances or rehearsals by external theatre companies, amateur dramatic groups, local schools or by local community groups. The budget is approximately £6.5m and it is due to be completed in 2016.

Facing terraces with an alleyway between. Nottingham expanded northwards from its mediaeval core in the years after the 1845 Enclosure Act.

A view of some of the construction work occurring on the Girls' High School site from its boundary wall with the arboretum. The building work is occurring on the corner of Addison Street and Arboretum Street, to the right of this image. It seems to be having little impact on general users of the arboretum, although this bench is a popular gathering place for marginalised citizens. One of the school's older buildings off Arboretum Street is also visible.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm38428

The underpass connects the two parts of Nottingham Arboretum either side of the road. It is part of the original 1852 layout of the park and is separately listed grade II (list entry 1270405).

Nottingham Girls' High School buildings line the road, backing on to The Arboretum. The nearest building, on the corner of Addison Street, is a performing arts centre - David Hallam-Jones’s Image] shows it under construction in February 2016.

A view down into the Waverley Street sector of the arboretum as seen from the Addison Street road bridge. The remaining long finger-shaped North Sherwood Street sector of it lies behind the photographer. The spire of All Saints' Anglican Church on Raleigh Street is visible on the horizon.